New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-05-11
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS,

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thirteen miles east OF Mitchell, and
will reac h the later place in about ten
days.
Judson La Moure has been elected
, mayor OF Pembina, together with a
full party ticket.
The secretary Of the interior revers.
ed the decision OF the commissioners 0,
the general land office canceling the
claim OF Thorn as. Nash to land in sec.
lions 9 and 10, township 1873, range
%, Devil Lake land Office.
Seeding is all finished in Richland
county, also In Sargent county. The
acreage in Sargent county is increased
about one fourth over last year
The acreage in Richland county is
about the same as last year, new
land having been broken and old
land seeded to timothy.
Indian Agent M. C. Chesnev, of the
Cheyenne agency, has ordered all cat,
tlemen and cattle off the Cheyenne
Indian reserve, which extends on the
Sioux reservation from CHEYENNE
agency to Fort Thompson. The ac-
ton is in accordance with instruc.
tions received from the interior de.
partment at Washington.
At Pierre a fire starting in a. build.
ing owned by John Karcher OF Free.
port, ILL.,, spread to adjoining build.
ings occupied by James Reeds butch,
er shop, M. j. Lacid's stationery
store, Dillon & Holmes law office and
James l.. Brenk' law office. The Kar,
cher brick block had a narrow escape,
b. N. Locke was badly burned about
the hands. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000. Work will commence imme,
dlatel y to rebuild with solid brick
blocks.
A heavy rainfall throughout the
DEVILS Lake region occurred recently,
thoroughly soaking the ground.
At the anticoercion meeting at Wa.
tertown ringing speeches were made
denouncing the action OF England re-
garding Ireland by Hon. ". Eddy,
Col. Mark Sheafe, Gen. H. R. Pease,
ex-Mayor Mcintyre and Gov. Mellette.
Charles Hudson, a single man living
ten miles north of De Smet, attempted
suicide by shoe ting himselfin the mouth
with gun. He cannot live.
At a. meeting OF representative citi'
zens Of Minot, it was decided to take
steps to organize a city under the re-
cent act of the legislature.
Gen. Hugh J. Campbell OF Yankton
will deliver the Grand Army Grafton
at Huron on Decoration day. Fiv e
hundred more patents were received
by the United States land office. A
home company has offered to build a
tow mill and have it in operation
next fall for a bonus of $1,000. The
proposition will be accepted.
At Deadwood, Star was reelected
mayor for the fourth term by a ma
jority OF 1877 over George V. Ayers.
Both are prominent business men.
Chief engineer Mcdonald was elected
alderman in the Second ward in re-
markable and very exciting contest.
A suicide was committed at Mandan
by M. j. Mahon, a restaurant keeper.
Mahon was an ex-alderman and had
been IN town five years. tits suppos-
ed that business reverses drove him
to the act. When found the b>,:.sy was
still warm, with a revolver a5 the
side, with which he had shot himself
in the head.
The city council! OF Huron has grant:
ed a. charter to Huron citizens for a
telephone exchange and voted to num-
Der the houses at once, preparatory to
putting IN free delivery July l..
At Bismarck; the saloon license has
been fixed at $500, strictly in advance,
and no license to issue to any saloon
now in arrears for license.
The F. B. Calland companys agen-
cy OF Bismarck has written policies for
the Insurance Of the territorial build
ings, covering the entire list OF public
institutions in the territory. The
amount insured exceeds $5OO,OOO and
is the largest insurance deal ever made
east of Minneapolis.
The Cass County bank has been
organized at Casselton with a capital
stock OF $4,000. E. H. Paine of
Manchester, N. H., formerly cashier
Of the First National Bank of Cassel-
ton, is president, Wallace Grovener
vice president; Allen III. Paine cashier,
and R. M. Hollock secretary. The
bank was organized under the new
territorial law.
Commander Harrison Allen, Of
The G. A. R., has appointed the
following staff: Col. S. II. Jumper,
Aberdeen, A. A. g.; Col. C. T. Mccoy,
Aberdeen, A. @. NJ. g.; Col. John w.
Gregg, Wahpeton, Inspector general;
Col. M. w. Greene. FARGO. il1dge advo-